Once upon a time, there were 7 mzungus (aka “white people”) who found themselves in the country of…
Little did they know they walked in to a whole new world!!!
It was day 2 and I found myself crying on Alisa’s lap begging her to pray for me. I was having culture shock. We were sitting in a house made of mud and mazes of corn fields were right outside the door. I kept thinking of my fear of being in the middle of no where and I just prayed God would calm my mind and heart. We have been in middle of no where places this year, but nothing like now. Alisa prayed, I felt a peace. This need for God was only the beginning of one crazy month.
Being the end of our month in Kenya, all I could think of is that God is faithful! And when you need Him big, He comes big! The place I feared became home, the people I met became family, the smell in the squatty potties didn’t smell as bad, the guard with the machete became less scary, the dirt roads became the highway to spread the Gospel, and the mazes of corn became pathways to little mud houses that welcomed us with open arms.
-Everything pooped everywhere and I managed to step in half of it!
-That my feet were constantly dirty! I actually thought I got a tan my first month in Africa only to discover at the end of a the month that it was a layer of red dirt all over me! Let me just say, baby wipes become vital!
-The drums in the middle of the night remembering the death of a loved one…creepy to hear in a dark corn field!
-Bucket showers, which in my opinion is useless because the dirt is a magnet to my body and clothes. I ended up getting one bucket shower in our time in Kitale. If you really want to appreciate a long hot shower, go to Africa for three weeks without a shower and you’ll start to get the idea.
-And the food was amazing, but it was the most carbs I consumed in the entire year combined!
BUT
I wouldn’t change a thing! Because those things began not to matter, the Kingdom of God became brighter…and it was all the recipe for many laughs and memories!
It is amazing when God can turn an inconvenience into a joy and help us see the bigger picture of what He’s doing.
